Yes, that's pretty much the problem. It's often too dark or too light to judge what the ship will actually look like. I'm thinking a darker blue. I don't know if I'll change the greys though, we shall see.

I'd say the renderer's colors are fine. The problem is the lighting.

The blue does look a bit washed out now. I may respray, but I'm going to wait until the bugs in the new renderer are worked out.

You might want to repaint your ship. This goes to anyone who uses default colors. DX11 makes colors much more vibrant.